How we were deepfaked by election deepfakes
The panic over AGI disinformation in this year’s political cycle seems to have been overblown
https://www.ft.com/content/62d81e6c-eec0-4d09-a71f-6aba579912dd
#AI #Politics
The USB-C charging mandate arrives in the EU — here’s what that means
The common charging standard brings USB PD support, improved labelling, and less e-waste.
https://www.theverge.com/24330106/usb-c-common-charger-directive-explained-europe
#USB #USBC #EU
Apple pulls remaining Lightning-based devices from European stores
#Apple #EU
Spotify Shuts Down ‘Unwrapped’ Artist Royalty Calculator With Legal Threats
"Digital Music News reported on the existence of Spotify Unwrapped this year as a calculator to show music lovers how little artists are paid from streaming services. Plugging in the data generated by Spotify Wrapped was relatively straight forward; now the calculator is gone with a message in its place."
#Spotify #SpotifyUnwrapped #Royalties
🤦♂️ Netflix Tells Writers to Have Characters “Announce What They’re Doing" Just in Case Viewer is Busy Doing Something Else
#Netflix #TV #Cinema
Meet the Spanish AI model earning up to €10,000 a month
https://www.byteseu.com/599361/
#AI #Aitana #Influencers
NB: €10,000 a month is a lot of money in Spain.
Meet the Spanish AI model earning up to €10,000 a month
https://www.byteseu.com/599361/
#AI #Aitana #Influencers
"Meta is betting that characters generated by artificial intelligence will fill its social media platforms in the next few years as it looks to the fast-developing technology to drive engagement with its 3bn users."
https://www.ft.com/content/91183cbb-50f9-464a-9d2e-96063825bfcf
#AI #Meta #SocialMedia
Geoffrey Hinton says there is 10-20% chance AI will lead to human extinction in three decades, as change moves fast
#GeoffreyHinton #AI
The USB-C charging mandate arrives in the EU — here’s what that means
The common charging standard brings USB PD support, improved labelling, and less e-waste.
https://www.theverge.com/24330106/usb-c-common-charger-directive-explained-europe
#USB #USBC #EU
Microsoft and OpenAI have a bizarre definition of AGI.
https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/26/microsoft-and-openai-have-a-financial-definition-of-agi-report/
#AI #AGI #Tech
"Once an icon of the 20th century seen as obsolete in the 21st, Encyclopaedia Britannica—now known as just Britannica— is all in on artificial intelligence, and may soon go public at a valuation of nearly $1 billion, according to the New York Times."
https://gizmodo.com/encyclopedia-britannica-is-now-an-ai-company-2000542600
#Britannica #AI #Markets
How smartphones powered the AI boom in 2024
https://www.byteseu.com/591790/
#Smartphones #AI #Technology
Global value of music copyright surpasses cinema box office takings for first time ever
#Music #Copyright #Cinema #Business
"I’m just saying, hey, the values we espoused may have curdled for a paltry-but-vocal few into a version of frightened nihilism that no sane human could embrace, but that was never our intention. We were just kids. We took what was left to us and we tried to make something out of it."
https://www.spin.com/2024/12/i-coined-generation-x/
#GenX #GenerationX
Russia Imposes 6-Year Ban on Crypto Mining in 10 Regions, Citing Energy Use
#Russia #Energy #Crypto #Bitcoin
The humans behind the robots
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/12/24/1109523/the-humans-behind-the-robots/
#Robotics #AI
Here are MIT Technology Review’s best-performing stories of 2024
#MIT #Technology #AI
Copyright Doesn’t Provide A ‘Living’ For A Successful Author
https://www.techdirt.com/2024/12/23/copyright-doesnt-provide-a-living-for-a-successful-author/
#Copyright #Royalties
Amazing rant about Spotify.
https://blogaboutsatan.blogspot.com/2024/12/what-were-skies-like-when-you-were-young.html
#Spotify #Music
The Top 10 Climate Tech Stories of 2024
https://spectrum.ieee.org/top-climate-tech-stories-2024
#Climate #Tech